24x7 vs 24x7x365 Re: Constant Abuse Reports / Borderline Spamming from RiskIQ

Thu Apr 16 22:19:38 UTC 2020

On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 3:07 AM Forrest Christian (List Account)
<lists at packetflux.com> wrote:
> If you're going for accuracy, does 24x365 mean you close one day this year?   Or should you actually be saying 24x365.25, or even more accurately 24x365.2425 (but still not exact).

How can you be that pedantic and not factor in leap seconds?

24x7x365 is common usage meaning that yes, you really are open all day
every day even 24-hours on Sunday and Holidays. It's not at all
unusual for a 24/7 store to close Sunday evening and reopen early
Monday morning.

Regards.
Bill Herrin

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